It appears that the usual federal allocation contributes to underperformances and lack of accountability of the States, as they simply do not have to do anything but sit on their backsides, wait for it to come, and to wait again for another after squandering or simply misappropriating the funds.

If you own a company, you just don’t splash your money on people without expecting any productivity from them. Why are we running a whole country as if pouring water down the drain?

Should the federal allocation be gradually tapered off and discontinued over time to encourage novel productivity of each State? Then to assess the performances of each State, with some concrete plans made for any struggling State(s) and reward for the performing States. This will help drive competition and bring about the best from each of the States.

Can someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think we're meant to be practising Federalism which if well engineered should bring about productivity, but in reality we're nowhere close to Federalism.

This idea will have difficulty implementing though, and our leaders wont buy the idea because you're probably blocking someone's personal allocation for the month. I don't think we have the political will for such an idea, as good as it seems. Some might embark on a campaign of opposition and intimadation, and fearfullu still to the point of killing to block such a notion.

We can only dream it I'm afraid

While at it, we should ban the use of Generators to force NEPA to give us power always.